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Dedication to the Spiritual Sun Version going with the Duat-Rituals

Necessities; music cosmic twins, chalice filled with water, seedstone, veil with stars, tapers, altarlight, 5 tealights, tealights for everybody, bell, sons of Horus. Enter into the temple Procession anticlockwise!; magus, south, west, north, (first circle) the imperishable stars (second circle) Magus.carries unmanifested fire Thus we walk out of Time, out of Events and out of Space. From the realms of the Unmanifested we walk the spiral to the centre of the Universe. We create the source, the First Time, Zep Tepi, the time that everything happens for the first time. First circle stops at the altar, second circle goes on moving. West carries the chalice filled with water, raises it while speaking, and puts it on the altar. I form the Grail, the Big Chalice which is the Source of Al. I fill it with the Cosmic waters of the Nun, the Grail will then be She-who-contains- the-Ka's; Nehebkau, the snake who encirc1es the Universe. South carries the seedstone, raises it while speaking and puts it in the chalice. The Hand of Atum-Ra creates the First Seed of Creation and forms the First Land in the Cosmic Waters. I put it in the Source of All and thus I create the Seedstone of he Temple of the Cosmos. North carries the Veil, raises it while speaking and puts it over the chalice. I cover this mystery with the Veil of the Goddess; Nuit, the Cosmos. While we encircle the Altar of the Mysteries, we light one central star; Polaris.

Magus lights the altarlight To Thou who feeds the Universe, From whom everything comes into being To whom every returns, Unveil to us the Light of the True Spiritual Sun Who radiates from behind the Disc of Golden Light.

North Polaris stands in the Northern heavens, and around her will circle the Imperishable Stars, they never disappear below the horizon. South Night and day they will stand at the Northern Heaven, for ever and ever. See the shining lights of Draeo, Ursa Minor, Ursa Major, Lyre, Cassiopea Lights the 5 tealights with the sign of the Duatstar from the altarlight. West Everything encircles Polaris; the Mooring Post of the Heavens. We call the Sunfolk of Eternal Stars. Al We are the Sunfolk of Eternal Stars, because every man and every is a star. Outer circle stops. One by one light a tealight- (clockwise) while you say a star name. 1. Mizar 2. Dubhe 3. Merak 4. Alcor 5. Etamin 6. Gamma Draconis 7. Alpha Draeonis 8. Beta 9. Epsilon Lyrae 10. Castor 11. Pollux 12.Altair 13. Vega 14. Cepheus 15. Algol 16. Capella 17. Alderamin 18. Koehab 19. Pherkad 20. Alioth, 21. Megrez 22. Benethnaseh 23. Tau Hereule 24. Alrai 25. Yildun All We radiate the Eternal Light of Truth. Magus raises the chalice West bell All The Goddess is present Magnus The doors of the Heaven are opened for you. The Doors of the Firmament are opened for you. The Mooring Post cries for you, The Sunfolk calls you and the Stars of Eternty wait for you. Four Officers Hold hands so that a circle of winged goddesses is formed in the middle. Magnus I am Selquet and I employ each day in making a protection for Qebsenuf who is in me. South I am Nephtys and I hide the hidden thing, and I make a protection for Hapi who is in me.

West I am Isis and I conquer the foe. I make a protection for Imsety who is in me. North I am Neith and I pass the morning and I pass the night of each day in making protection for Duamutef who is in me. All the others hold hands so that a circle is formed around the four officers We embrace the Goddess. The invisible becomes visible, .the birthchannel is open! Magus, South, West, North Raise their canopic gods facing towards the centre light Magus The Four Who Are Seven form the Birthgate of Nuit. Let us give birth to the Four Elements. Qebsenuf! turn the canopic jar facing outward, put him on the altar South Hapi! turn the canopic jar facing outward, puts him on the altar West Imsety! turn the canopic jar facing outward, puts him on the altar North Duamutef! turn the canopic jar facing outward, puts him on the altar. All 0h thou who feeds the Universe Accept our hearts as your chalice Fill us with your light Magus raises chalice Listen to the words of the Goddess; 'I am that Was, what is and what shall be'. Nobody ever lifted my veil, The fruit that I brought forth is the Sun. West bell All visualize the spiritual sun rising above the chalice, rolled forward by the beetle Kephr Magus Kepher a Khepher Khepheru All I am the creator of what came into being

Magus Kheper -kua em khepperu All I came into being in the forms of Kephera Magus Kheper em Zep Tepi All lam coming into being in the First Time. Magus Kheper-kua em kheperu em khepera All I came into being in the forms ofKhepera Magus Kheper-a Kheper kheperu All I became the creator of what came into being Four officers That is to say, I produced myself from the primeval matter which I made for my name is Osiris, I am Primeval Matter of Primeval Matter North I have done my will on earth, I rose up my hand South I was alone, they were not born yet West Not had I spit in the form of Shu, not had I emitted Tefnut North I brought into my mouth my own name; and that is a word of power! All Hekau! Magus Anuk pu kheper-na em Kheperu All and I came into being in the form of things which came into being Magus Kheper-kua em kheperu en khepera All and I came into being in the forms of Khepera Magus Kheper na em pautti All I came into being from Primeval Matter

Magus Kheper asht kheperu em tep-a All Coming into being in multitudes of forms from the beginning. West Bell 3x

All Bow together Bow in turn towards the central altar, speak a god name and spiral outwards. 1. Shu, 2. Tefnut, 3. Nuit, 4. Geb, 5. Osiris, 6. Seth, 7. Isis, 8 Nephtys,

9.Anubis, 10. Horus, 11. Thoth, 12. Maat, 13. Keh, 14. Kehet, 15. Hu, 16. Hehet, 17. Amun, 18. Amentet, 19. Nun, 20. Naunet

The Birthhouse of the Cosmos Opening of the Mouth of the Temple of the Cosmos

Necessities; on the central altar are all the things gathered together from the Dedication to the Spiritual Sun, Atze, Urt Hekau (snake wand), Pesh-en-Kef (knife), damping oil, water flame, salt

The Birthhouse of the Cosmos Opening of the Mouth of the Temple of the Cosmos

Opening Guardian at the door. Password. Guardian seals the door. Everybody cleans hands and face in the waters of the Nun -the Lotuspool- after having passed the guardian. Procession; essences spiral towards their place, then the carriers of the instruments of birth, then the officers. Music Procession into the Pyramids. Magus Let us open the Doorway to the Gods, let us open the Mouth of temple of the Cosmos, so that it becomes a sacred space where the Gods may peak to us. Takes the statue of Qebsenuf from the central altar and puts it in the east. Turns to the East, makes the Duatstar and opens the Veils I open the Double Doors to the Horizon of the East, the Quarter of the Rising Sun and I invite the Gods of the Temples of Khem. The Birthgate of the Goddess is open and on the visible side at the East we find Qebsenuf, geni of the intestines. He is protected by the hovering wings of Selqet. South Takes the statue of Hapi from the central altar and puts it in the South. Turns to the south, makes the Duatstar and opens the Veils l open the Double Doors to the Horizon in the South, the quarter of the Sun at noon and I invite the Gods of the Temples of Khem. The Birthgate of the Goddess is open and on the visible side at the South we find Hapi, geni if the lungs. He causes the flood which fertilizes the land. He is protected by the hovering wings of Nephtys. West Takes the statue of Imseti from the central altar and puts it in the West. Turns to the West, makes the Duatstar and opens the Veils. l open the Double Doors to the Horizon of the West and I invite the Gods of the Temples of Khem. The Birthgate of the Goddess is open and on the visible side in the West we find Imsety, geni of the Liver. He is protected by the hovering wings of Isis.

North Takes the statue of Duamuef from the central altar and puts it in the North (Turns to the North, makes the Duatstar and opens the Veils) I open the Double Doors to the Horizon of the North and I invite the Gods of the Temples of Khem The Birthgate of the Goddess is open and on the visible side in the North we find Duamutef, geni of the stomag. He is protected by the hovering wings of Neith. Magus Thus we have created the Four Pillars who uphold the Iron Floor of Heaven. Let us make a Birthhouse of this physical temple and give birth to the Gods. Let us open their mouths with the instruments of the midwife. I ask the three carriers of the instruments of birth to come forward. Carrier of the Atze I carry the Atze, also called the Seb-Ur. This holy instrument is made of meteoritic iron. This instrument gives the gods the ability to speak, eat and drink in the shadow-world of the heavens, which is the land of Khem. The Atze is shaped in the form of Ursa Major, the thigh of the Ox in the Northern sky. Carrier of the Urt Hekau I carry the Urt Hekau, the wand in the form of a snake. This instrument gives the gods twofold strength at their birth. At the birthchannel of the North Pole I am seen as the constellation Draco. Carrier of the Pesh-en Kef I carry the Pesh-en-Kef, the instrument to cut the Umbiculal cord. This instrument is made to restore the earthly senses. This instrument is seen in the Northem sky as Ursa Minor, hold by the Goddess Taueret, the Divine 'Midwife. It points towards the star Kochab, the polestar during the Middle Kingdom of Khem. Carrier of the Atze, Urt Hekau and the Pesk-en-kef 0, sons of Horus the Elder, Hapi, Duamutef, Imsety and Qebsenuf, make the motions which transfer the fluid of life. It is that which will endow the Ka of ... with substance before the gods (utteraoce 593)

Magus We call forth the Gods from the Unmanifested realms of the Universe. We will restore their essences and give them a vessel to communicate. I call upon the God Ka of...

Vessel for the Ka of steps forward I wilt be the mediator for the essence of Ka of....in this ritual so that the Ka of the God... will be present in this temple during this mystery play. Walks to east Magus Cleans the Vessel for the Ka of ..... with dam ping oil. The geni Qebsenuf restores the head of the God Ka of..., so that he is capable of breathing. Qebsenuf gives Ka of.... the ability to breath the divine Life-giving air. Ka of the God walks to the next quarter South Cleanses the Vessel for the Ka of ..... with fire. The geni Hapi gives his blessing to the birth of the God Ka of ... He will be blessed by the Nile flood. You are purified by the Waters of the Celestial Nile. Ka of the God walks to the next quarter West Sprinkles water over the Vessel for the Ka of The geni Imsety gives his blessing to the birth of the God Ka of... By the essence of Imsety he win form a body that win carry his essence. Ka of the God walks to the next quarter North sprinkles a little bit of salt in the palms of the hands of the Vessel for the Ka of ..... The geni Duamutef gives a little bit of natron for the birth of the god Ka of.... Purified is his essence, fresh he comes forth from the cosmic womb. Four officers Thou art purified, we invite you to come to the Meskhenet (birthhouse ). Vessel for the Ka of ..... Ka of the God walks to the quarter of birth. Assumes the Ka-position

Carrier of the Atze Touches the mouth of the Vessel for the Ka of ..... l open your mouth with the instrument of the Gods. l open your mouth with the instrument that fell out of the sky. Ka of ..... , Open your mouth! Carrier of the Urt Hekau Touches the mouth of the Vessel for the Ka of ..... with the Urt Hekau Your mouth has been opened with the Instrument of the Gods. Now I open your eyes. Ka of ..... , Open your eyes! Carrier of the Pesh-en-Kef Touches the navel with the knife. I have come to embrace you does this) The Umbilicual cord is cut, your eyes are opened and your speech is restored. Ka of the God bows for the Birth house, and walks to the east. Magus Touches the mouth of Ka of ..... with wine. Blood flows in your veins. Your mouth is opened. Your heart is alive. You are the living essence of the Neter Ka of .... Ka of.... Honour to you four genii, most mighty ones of the Ka's, Powers of Justice, infallible, you who will be for ever and ever. I know you, and I know your names. The doors behind the Horizon are opened for me. Honour to you, Servants of the Light. In my essence of Double Lion I greet you. My words follow my heart in the hour of the Sun at Officers The Mouth of the Ka of .... has been opened in the Temple of the Cosmos. Birth has been given to the Ka of ..... The first candidate takes his place in the Hall of the Gods in the Birthhouse, and the procedure printed in bold is repeated for the next god. 1. Shu, 2.Tefnut, 3. Nuit, 4. Geb, 5. Osiris, 6. Seth, 7. Isis, 8. Nephtys, 9. Anubis, 10. Horus, 11. Thoth, 12. Maat, 13. Keh, 14. Kehet, 15. Hu, 16. Hehet, 17. Amun, 18. amentet, 19. Nun, 20. Naunet. Closing procedure

Magus The Ka's of the Gods of Khem are born in the Temple of the Cosmos. Our goal is accomplished. Let us now leave this sacred space. We leave the temple open for our use. Guardian, unseal the door. Procession out; clockwise. Magus starts, South, West, North, Birthinstruments, Ka's of the Gods.

Nuit eats her children Path working based on the 'Dramatic text'

Explain them the primitive sentences in this text When his Majesty the Sungod Ra sets in the Western horizon, the Stars enter into the mouth of Nuit. They enter into her at the place of her head in the west. Nuit eats her children. Geb quarrels with her, he quarrels with Nuit. He is very angry with her because she eats her children. He calls here names; 'Sow who eats her piglets. ' Their father Shu speaks to Geb and tells him not to be angry at his wife because of eating her young. 'Be quiet Geb, your children shall live, and they shall be born from her birthplace in the east every day, in the same way that she gives birth to Ra daily.' And while Shu says that he lifts her up high in the sky. Nuit says; The stars travel to the boundaries of the sky -outside me- in the night. Then you can see them and they shine. During the day they are inside me, and they cannot be seen. They enter into me and they go forth .

My name is the Mother of the Gods. I am not called by this name since I gave birth to them. The gods do not fall, but when one of them goes to the earth he dies and enters into the Duat. All who die go there; they go to the House of Geb in the earth. There they are purified for 70 days. Their names are not spoken during that time. Their impurities go into the earth. They are purified by the earth and the earth loves them. They get pure, and they live, and their heads are placed in the east. They are the heads of gods. In the east a feast is celebrated. The head of one god is set upon another. The evil that they have done is fallen on-earth and their souls go forth. The tears they shed become fishes in the Nile. And then their life as a star begins. It begins in the lake, the soul comes forth from the water, it flies upwards out of the sea and it changes its form. The souls become stars and they rise up from the Duat and fly to the sky. Thus became Geb the Prince of the Gods.' Nuit tells us. But Geb was still fighting Nuit. He commands the souls to show their heads in the east. To come forth form the earth again. Geb even commands the gods; 'put an end to those heads. Thoth supported him in this matter; Thoth commanded the souls to put an end to their heads' . The Souls listened to Geb and they lived and showed their heads. This is how they did this. They were buried, just like the men on earth. And Geb saw that the purification in the earth took indeed place. Geb sees the souls go forth, travelling

in the sky at night. They journey to the boundaries of the sky. They do exactly the same thing as the dying men on earth. Nuit speaks to them, and she says; 'Watch living ones, see how the souls change into stars. They make a journey and they shine -the beautiful souls- as the stars in the Hours of the Night. Stars are alive. Every star that comes forth from the inner earth travels the way they do. They arrive at my birthplace in the east and they feast every day; they celebrate the birth of Horus. The stars come forth from my womb, every day when I give birth to Ra. They are born from me daily, just like Ra. Every star who has purified itself in the House of Geb is called by its name in praise. It withdraws itself from the earth. A great oblation is made for them when they withdraw themselves from the House of Geb; the praising and the offering is the cause of the purification, together with the pronunciation of the name. The name of a star that falls is not pronounced until it withdraws itself from the House of Geb. The name of the star that sets is not pronounced until it rises from the Duat. Do not quarrel with me, dear Geb, because I eat my young, And Geb was silent and stopped quarrelling. The mother beast eats her piglets, daily I eat them. I Nuit eat stars. All mother beasts are the same. Then her father Shu lifted her and supported her, he raised her high in the sky. In the evening Geb joined with Nuit again, and he was angry with her again. Because again Nuit had eaten her children. Again Nuit had caused her children to set, in order to give birth to them again. Nuit calls them by their name; she calls them 'food', so the name of the stars is food. When His Majesty the sungod Ra sets in the western horizon the stars enter into the mouth of Nuit. Nuit swallows both the sun and the stars. We watch Nuit swallowing her living children. We see them rising. Together with Ra they rise from the House of Geb. We observe how they are swallowed. They enter into her mouth, they are accustomed to that. They travel through her body during the day. They travel in the day sky. Seven stars rise when the day is full. They travel when he lifts the sky, they travel with Shu during the day. The stars travel to the boundaries of heaven, over the path of the sky. In the night they are outside and they are shining; I Nuit give birth to them. None of them falls. The mother of the gods gave birth to the stars. On earth people die and go into the Duat. They rest in the Duat. And then they travel from it. Seven decades of days they rest in the Duat. They loose their impurity to the earth in this time. After those seventy days they become a Living One and their name is pronounced. When the name of a deceased is pronounced after he has purified himself he becomes a living star and he rises.

Purified he comes into existence and rises from the horizon like Sothis. Sothis spends 70 days in the Duat, and then she rises again. They are pure, they live and they show their heads in the east; the heads of the Gods. Watch the rising of the Gods; Orion and Sothis are the first of the Gods. They spend 70 days in the Duat and then they rise again. In the east they celebrate the first feast. It is in order to make a feast when the deceased rise in the sky as newborn stars. When a new head shows itself at the eastern horizon, another one disappears on the west. Their evils fall to the earth and the souls go forth who are fallen to the earth. Their evil falls away when the stars rise in the Duat. They drop their tears, and their tears change into fishes. In the Duat are lakes who have a fish- form. Tears drop into the streams of the Duat, the stars purify themselves in this way and they get their fish- form here. The life of a star starts in the lakes of the Duat. It begins in the water as a fish. When it is ready it travels the sky. When the sky form is complete, out of the sea and out of the water it travels away along far distances. Stars travel through the Duat.and then they rise in the sky.

But let us now see how Geb became Prince of the Gods; Geb and Nuit were quarrelling again. On the first day he commanded that the stars show their heads in the east. He commanded them to rise in the east. When Geb became the prince of the gods this was because he commanded Nuit to let the stars rise from the East. The Second day Geb went to the Gods after he had spoken to Nuit and again he demanded to put an end to the heads, and to put an end to the appearances, and Nuit does that from this day on. Thoth supported him and also commanded to put an end to the heads and he commands them about their appearances and this caused the coming into being of Geb. The living heads appeared. They rose from the Duat, Geb caused them to live and because of this he caused another rising to happen; he put an end to what Nuit did. Geb became Prince of the Gods through Nuit. If Geb wants the stars to set, They set. If he wants them to rise, they rise. They are buried just like men; 70 days they pass through the embalming house and words are uttered for them. 42 utterances are spoken for them. Then they travel through the Duat for 70 days, like the dying do. The souls of the death go forth and travel the sky at night. They rise in the night sky. They are far from the sky by day, they are far from the people. You cannot see the stars during the day. They travel and journey during the night, they sail through the sky beautifully. See how they live there.

And on the Second day when Geb spoke to the gathering of the God, the moon appeared. This is why the second day of the moon is the Feast of Horus. This is a feast dedicated to the appearances of the moon. 28 days are the appearances of the moon, it is a full circuit.

House of the Pillars Entering The Mountain of Sunset.

First Hour of the Night

Personell; Atum-Ra, Khephri, Nuit, Sia, Heka, Anubis, Shu, Horus, Hathor, Isis, carriers of energies. Necessities; black mirror, two pillars, staff called the "penis of Seth ", jackal headed staff, ramheaded Staff, , birds and branches, offerings of bread, beer water and sand, decoration for the pillars (tree). Shu has a scroll from which he reads, seven stars, beIl, snake staff, ramheaded and jackal headed staff, Ankh and Uas wand, tealights, mask for Atum-Ra, mirrors sun and moon with eye on it, pastos with zodiak sheet, golden stars. Two eyes drawn on the palms of the hands of Atum-Ra with felt-tip pen, plastic snake, papyrus scroll. Oilburner with Papyrus oil, roll bandages, 12 candles around pastos 1. Opening the Powerlines by Nuit and Shu 2. Procession in a double row, entering from east to West, then to seats;

Hathor and Isis start.

1. opening with the Duat star by the Four officers Shu I open the Double Doors of the Horizon of the East, and I call upon the Ancient Ones of the Temples of Khem. Hear me! I am the Priest of Shu, and I ask the Neter to blow the Boat of Millions of Years upstream in the direction of the West with the Breath of the God. Nuit I open the Double Doors of the Horizon of the West, and I call upon the Ancient Ones of the Temples of Khem. Hear me! lam the Stellar Priestess and I ask the Goddess Nuit to embrace us when we enter into her realm. Heka I open the Double Doors of the Horizon of the South, and I call upon the Ancient Ones of the Temples of Khem. Hear me! I am the Priest of the Words of Power, and I ask the Neter Heka to balance the boat with Understanding the Divine Wisdom. Sia I open the Double Doors of the Horizon of the East, and I call upon the Ancient Ones of the Temples of Khem. Hear me! I am the Priestess of Wisdom, and I ask the Neter Sia to balance the boat with Wisdom to Understand the Divine Word.

Sia and Heka; Together we will guard the Ka of Atum-Ra when he renews himself in the Duat.

Pathworking to enter into the Nuit first induction..... Anubis signs to us to follow him. Today is the day that we are starting our journey to the land of the Westerners. At the shore of the Nile a boat is waiting for us. The boat will bring us to Abydos, the place of the head of Osiris, the Great Lord of the Duat. We hear the sound of water of Hapi against the boat; at our sides we see the first mountains of the desert against a green shore with palm trees. It is at the end of the afternoon, and the sun has started with his slow descent on the horizon. Anubis leads the boat ashore here, and at the shore waits some camels for us. They will carry us to the mountainside where the entrance of the Duat is. After a short ride on the carnels we arrive at the mountains in the West. We arrive at a cave with closed doors. We see that the river enters into the cave. The river changes its name here. From this point on it will be called the Urness; the name of the river that floats through the Duat. Before the cave at both sides of the river stand two sycamore trees which are called the Arms of Nuit. We do not know why they are called so. The Sungod has grown old and he has to enter into the Duat to refresh himself. He is guarded and looked after by the company who will sail the boat; Sia, Heka, Anubis and Shu. They speak to the Sungod about the area which they now enter. Approaching the Mountain

All the carriers We ask permission to travel. We pass through the tomb to the region west of the Nile, the mountain called Manu, the mountain of sunset. Here are gathered spirits, making their way to the abode of the blessed joining the boat of the Sun God. Horus The.boat now contains the flesh of the Sun God Atum-Ra, he has a crew of Gods and Goddesses. Anubis is the guide. I am the steersman and Thoth is on the lookout. I will recite magical formulae. Shu My ka Supplies air.

Hathor I am the Goddess of the boat. l am the Lady of the Boat, My name is Hathor and in my aspects I carry the Sungod on my couch Sia and Heka We provide the knowledge and intelligence needed for the Journey. The boat moves by itself. Shu According to the map this place is called House of the pillars House of the pillars is the place in which Ra enters. House of the Pillars in which Ra sets, is its name. It is the Western pillar of the sky. Nuit I will embrace you. Both my arms are raised to welcome the sun and my mouth is the House of the Pillars. It is in my first hour of evening that the Majesty of this God enters. lsis He becomes glorious, he becomes beautiful in the arms of his father, Osiris. He is purified therein. The Majesty of this God sets in life in the Duat in her second hour in early night. Horus The Majesty of this God gives commands to the Westerners and he makes plans in the Duat. The Majesty of this God goes forth on earth again, having come into existence in Upper Egypt. His strength is great again like the first time of his antiquity. Anubis He comes into existence as the great God in Behdet. It is to the boundaries of the waters of heaven, her arms, that the Majesty of this God travels. He enters her in the night in the hour of middle night and he travels in the darkness. stars go with him, and souls who will become stars after their purification. It is in her first hour of evening that the Majesty of this God enters. Sia He becomes glorious; he becomes beautiful in the arms of this father Osiris. He is purified therein. The Majesty of this God sets in life in the Duat.

Heka The Majesty of this God goes forth on earth again, having come into existence in Upper Egypt. His strength is great again, like the first time of his antiquity. He comes into existence as the great God in Behdet. Nuit t is to the boundaries of my arms that the Majesty of this God travels. He enters me in the night and he travels in the darkness, together with the stars. Shu It is by her mouth in the hour called Shetpenes in the evening that this God enters. It is by her mouth in the hour called Shetpenes in the third hour of evening of the evening that the God enters. It is in the hour called Shetpenes in the middle of the night -the ninth hour that he starts to rise again. Sia He becomes glorious, he becomes beautiful in the arms of his father Osiris.

Heka He is beautiful, he is resplendent in the hand of his Father, Osiris,

Atum-Ra I am in the water. 1 become pure in the water. The Majesty of this God sets in life in the Duat in her first hour in early night. This God gives commands to the westerners and he makes plans for those in the Duat. I the God Ra enter into the Duat where I make my commands.

Anubis The Majesty of this God goes forth on the earth again. The God will rise on the earth again, having become a youth. His strength will be great again, like the first time of his antiquity. Horus He will become a youth His strength will be great like the First Time. Atum-Ra will come into existence in Behdet. I the great God come into existence in Behdet. It is to the boundaries of the waters of heaven, Between Her arms that I travel and renew myself as a youth.

Shu He flies and he travels in the hour of the Middle Night. In the middle of the river sails the boat with the sun God.

Khephri I am a part of his essence, the Scarab in the Solar disc, around us a snake is curled; Nehebkau, the tale biter. Sia and Heka We, Sia and Heka are in the front of the boat. Carier 1 takes the ramheaded pole and walks to the black door, face temple Two poles mark the entrance of the Duat, The pole with the Ramhead points towards the desert. Two Gods kneel before these poles. They are called Desert and Underworld. Atum- Ra turns to the east and speaks to the desert at sunset Light up desert, you light up by my setting light, The light that the people have withdrawn and by which I fill them again. Breath belongs to you, amongst whom I am Light belongs to you, who live in the Underworld My shining eye belongs to you, whom I have ordered to withdraw, After they have withdrawn all that is into being. I have hidden you for those who are on earth Dressed with the bandages are you in the desert. Carrier 1 This pole is the Word of Power of the Great God When he raises his body! All except Atum-Ra Come to us, who come forth from your body! Hail to the one who is in the Solar Disk The Greatest God with his many appearances! Your offerings are bread and bear. Carrier 2 takes the pole with a Jackal head and walks to the black mirror, faces the black mirror.

Two poles mark the entrance of the Duat. The pole with the Jackal head points towards the underworld. Gods kneel before these poles. They mark the boundary between the Desert and the Underworld.

• The two carriers walk with the poles along the line of the arms of Nuit. • The Gods and al present stand and they bow when the poles pass. • The poles are placed in the east as a token that we have passed these poles. • Everybody who sits in the Arms of Nuit moves one chair towards the west. • Carriers 1 + 2 take the last chair in the east. The boat has moved towards • the West.

Sia Atum-Ra, we now reach the Limits of Heaven, this is a very dangerous area. Look at both sides of the Sycamore trees, towards the distant regions of the sky, those who are opposite of the Head of Nuit. Heka The distant region of this sky is twilight. Its boundaries south, north, west and east are not known, traveling in that direction is dangerous, you would not be refreshed, but end up as weary ones. There is no raising of the Soul there, whose land, south, north, west and east is not known by the Gods. There is no injury there. Now as for every place of shadow of sky and shadow of earth, it is the entire Duat. Shu In other words; this is Rethoe-kebt. This is the area of which the book speaks, the book which talks about the circuit of the sky. Ra does not rise from this area although it is his possession. Anubis It is about this land that I wil1 speak to you. Its boundaries to the south, the north, the west, the east are not known. No one knows its extend to the south, the north, the west, the east, in other words, the darkness. The books name the south, the north, the east and the west to cause you to understand the fact that is the circuit of the sky. Horus The cardinal points in Rethoe-kebt are definite places resting on the primeval waters. The earth is surrounded by these waters which stretch out to unknown limits. Over the earth is the sky and beyond the sky in all directions and resting on the waters is the darkness of Rethoe-kebt. These are established in the primeval water like weary ones. These are in water, they being weary in other words, the places which I have named.

Isis There is no rising of the Soul there. Atum-Ra, you cannot rise from there This land to the south, the north, the west and the east is not know by the Gods and the spirits. Hathor They do not know this land to the south, the north, the west and the east by the Gods and the spirits. Anubis I as Opener of the Ways tell you that you cannot travel this land, this place in which is the darkness. There is not any light there. There is not any light in it. Now every place spreads out a shadow. But here it is entirely spread out in darkness. Nuit Look for the entrance of the Duat. High of lands is the entire Duat. In this place the lands are higher than the entire Duat. These lands are empty, they are not the Duat. These are not the lands of the Duat -in other words, the darkness which is in these places is deeper than in the lands of the entire Duat. In the future they will call this land Qlippoth, but in this time and age this land is called Rethoe-kebt. It happens that the darkness there is much more than that which is in the Duat.

Sia The darkness in Rethoe-Khebt is different from the darkness of the Duat.

Heka The darkness of the Duat is comprised of the darkness in the sky and the earth. It is a refreshing darkness in which the Sungod can refresh himself. Khephri Come, Atum-Ra, old man, let us look for the right entrance. Anubis, open the Way for us. Thoth will guide us as the Bull of Maat, because in the Duat we are guided by this Goddess of Justice.

The Western entrance to the Duat

Sia points upwards to the two pillars which symbolize the two sycamore trees which farm the arms of Nuit. Look here; there are nests of birds in the marshes of heaven. There are nests of birds in the marshes of heaven. In two nests are three young birds, just on the right of the head on Nuit. They are outside of Nuit's figure and they are located in the outer reaches of the heavenly waters.

Heka points out from the west along the ceiling Nuit's head is in the western horizon; her mouth is in the west. Her western position is on the north-western side, her eastern position is on the South-eastern side. Horus These birds are human-headed and bird-shaped. The one thereof speaks to the other with the speech of men. Isis I can clearly hear what they say to each other. Now after they come to eat herbage and to feed in Egypt, they alight under the brightness of the sky and they assume their shape as birds. Nuit They are the souls of the Underworlders, who come to seek for the offerings that are left for them by the ones on earth; The souls of the Underworlders become alive. The souls have another form when they are in the underworld, but they change into birds when they come to Egypt to feed. Shu They take a part of the offerings made daily by the priests. Nuit points towards the ceiling The stars are souls as well. It could be that the stars appearing in the sky after nightfall are likened to birds coming to feed in Egypt. Atum-Ra Let us make an offering for these Underworlders who indicate the way to the Entrance of Nuit. Look, the sun is setting behind the mountain,

• somebody turns the light slowly down • nuit bows slowly

and causes a shadow to fall over the landscape. Look at the form of the shadow; the two trees form two arms that show us the way to the cave of the Mountain of Sunset. Nuit casts a shadow, she overshadows us, and stretches out her arms to receive us. We are at her crown now, we stand above her head, we have to look for the place where we can enter into her. Khephri We are in total darkness, the marshes of heaven of the Gods is the place from which the birds come. These are from her north-western side as far as her south-eastern side, which opens to the Duat which is on her Northern side.

Shu Nuits hind part is in the east; her head is in the west. The Duat opens on her Northern place, in other words, the place in which are the birds which protect the entrance. In this way we enter into the western Duat. Atum-Ra Let us make an offering, that we might find the right way into the Duat. Everybody stands Carrier 3 Brings offerings to the offering table. offers bread Your offerings are bread Carrier 4 offers beer Your beer is Djeseret, Carrier 5 offers water Y our refreshment is water Carrier 6 offers sand Offered is the desert Atum-Ra consecrates the offerings The desert gives the offerings that are in her Like us, who are also in her.

• carriers 1 + 2 draw away the staff the 'penis of Seth ' and walk to the east • everybody bows when they pass • everybody in the arms of nuit moves one chair to the west • carriers 1 + 2 take the empty chair in the east.

Atum-Ra Look, the sky opens, they open to the sky. That is what the texts of the old books mean. The place in which the souls are who protect, and the soul who indicates the way is called; 'He draws the bolt in order to take away for you that arm of his from the west' The key is hidden in the name. It happens that it is the name of the place in which Nuit's hind part is in the east and her head is in the west.

Sia So this is the reason why Seth stands here in this area in the Duat. Heka He blocks an entrance with his staff called the Penis of Seth. The Power of the Staff of Seth is that it opens doors!

Anubis I see two birds flying towards us. A falcon and a vulture. Look they are Horus and Nekhebeth and they carry a scroll in their beak. Shu opens the serail and starts to read This text is about the origin of the Sun. On it is drawn a picture that looks exactly like the place where we are standing now. The text between the falcon and the vulture Nekhebeth refers to Nuit's South-eastern side, to the land behind Punt where this Gods exists. Khephri This land is farther away than Punt, it is behind it, it is at the distant extremity of the earth and the sky, where are the primeval waters of Nun are which surround the universe. Here dwells the falcon who is Ra. Nekhebeth is his guide. She hovers over him in the morning with outstretched protective wings. Atum-Ra I have to go to the southeast, behind Punt, where Hathor lives. I have to go the land of the Falcon on the picture, because my new form will be established there.

Isis I remember another book that tells us 'The God was alone, in space and without form. He is Ra, when he rises from the water at morning. He is a falcon coming from Nun. Hathor That is written in the book "Protection of the Bed". Atum-Ra, you have to travel before the lightning of the sky. Your journey begins by traveling on the way of darkness, before the lightning of the sky -in other words you have to travel into the in the darkness, and you will end in there

Hathor The text behind Nekhebeth in the picture talks about the place where Nuit is, opposite the falcon. It says that Ra speaks with the place where she comes from.

Anubis Nuit comes from Punt, the God's Land. This is told in the book 'Seeing the Sun's Disc". Atum-Ra, you will know the embrace of a mother again. Nekhebeth will rise over you when you rise in the morning. Shu We receive food and drink for our services. Then Atum- Ra comes to the end of the 1st division and arrives at the dominions of Khenti-Amenti (=becoming Osiris!). Nuit Now we enter into the Hidden Place of the Duat This takes place in the Hidden place of the Duat It is hidden and concealed Because of the literateness of the ones who know this. God, transform yourself into a ram when you travel this doorway Crowns him with the Ram-mask The death does not follow you. They stop because of this doorway Sun God, give directions to the Gods who are in this doorway. Atum-Ra changes his essence; from the Old Sun he now becomes the Unmanifested, the Creator dressed in the Coils of Nehebkau, floating in the Nun. Sia I give you your right eye (moonmirror) Heka I give you your left eye (sunmirror)

• The Sun-mirror and the Moon-mirror, both with the hieroglyph of the • Udjat-eye painted on it, are raised on both sides of Atum-Ra. • Atum-Ra raises his hands in the Ka-symbol. • carrier gives the jackal headed staff and returns to place

Atum-Ra

• goes to everybody; Touch the staff, Atum-Ra has the hieroglyph of the solar eye on his right-hand. He touches your forehead and you open your third eye when you receive the staff.

• Lies down on his belly on the Pastos, with khephri on the chair.

Transformation

Anubis I will ornament you in bandages. (Speak slowly so that everybody can visualize this well) Visualize a ray of light starting under your right foot. The light travels under your left foot and travels upwards behind your calves, It circles forward. The ray encircles you, it ascends in slow circles, it covers your upper legs, your hips, your stomach, your chest, your throat, your head. You are fully enwrapped by this ray of light: All except Atum-Ra The serpent that coils around Atum-Ra is Nehebkau; Carrier 3 goes around with the snake wand, visualises while speaking He is the Outflow of the Primeval flood, the Nun. He is the one, who emerges from the waters, he is Nehebkau, the serpent of many coils. The coils of Nehebkau entrap the life energies of all existence in a state of unrealised potentiality, at the same time they embrace and form a home from which the life-energies can flow forth. Atum is one with the Nun and the Serpent; Carrier 4 + Atum-Ra + Kephri Carrier takes a role of linen and walks around Atum-Ra, drawing Nehebkau. I bent right around myself I am encircled in my coils I am One who makes a place for himself In the midst of the coils. Everything comes into being When I coil myself in the serpent Thus I become Khephri

• Everybody stands, • Carriers enwrap Atum-Ra in the sheet with the zodiak and walk to the east, • Everybody bows when they pass, and move one seat to the west. • Carriers take the last seat in the east.

Sunset and Night Entering the mountain

Atum-Ra I am inside my hill, the first hill, I am helped by Goddesses and Gods who are inside this hill as well. Above us is the solar disk. I transform myself in 'He with the Shining Head, who guards the magical name, and who guards this name among the company'. Thus am I created as the magical name who guards the ones in his company. All the Gods but Atum-Ra The Goddesses are created in this hill of darkness. The Gods are created in this hill of darkness Thus is His Majesty the Great God created in this hidden hill Carriers of the Black arm In this way these Gods are created in a single hill, and when the 'One Who guards the magical name turns his head towards the S un disk he shows him his Magical name. Carriers of the White arm This God lightens the ones who surround him with the rays who are a piece of his flesh. This great God addresses the other Gods without them seeing him. They breathe because they hear his voice, they lighten as long as they guide him. I travels in the West, and the my body sails with me, to lighten the ones whom he meets. Their Ba' s travel behind him, but their magical names stay in this hill. Nuit It is by my mouth that the Majesty of this God enters within the Duat. Afterwards he goes forth and he will travel in the sky. Now the stars will enter me and with Atum-Ra they will go forth, hurrying to their places. All except Atum-Ra It is by the Mouth of Nuit that the Majesty of this God enters within the Duat. It is by her mouth -in other words, the sky- that the God Ra enters into the Duat.

Shu Look, the disc is at her mouth, and I am standing here at her mouth between her outstretched arms. Horus Afterwards Atum-Ra goes forth, and he travels in the sky. From the Duat he goes forth. In the sky he travels again. Hathor With him the stars enter and with him they go forth. Heka With him the stars set and with him they rise. When their time of setting is complete, the period in which they are not customarily seen takes place. With him they customarily rise and with him they customarily set. Carriers place six stars around the entrance of the Duat, near the black mirror. Sia Seven stars of the Duat rise and set in close company with the sun during their period of invisibility. The old texts speak in general terms of the behavior of the stars as similar to that of the sun, in rising and setting. It is only after they have set completely that they become invisible and are no longer seen.

Atum-Ra It is while hurrying to their places that they enter. It is while travelling to their places -in other words, the ones which are for them- that these set. It is the place in which they do work. It happens that it is to receive others for them that some are accustomed to set. The book Sed tells us 'Some come at night. Others come at their hour, the stars which set hurry to their places in the Duat. The place where they work is in the middle of the sky. We are definitely in the region of the entrance into the Duat, the place called Set-Amentet,

Hathor raises the seventh star and places it on the black mirror Here the sun will enter through the outstretched hands of Nuit. Look, the Hour Goddess appears. The name of the hour Goddess is; "Great City", Splitter of the foreheads of Ra's enemies. Anubis Atum-Ra, we win have to give you a mouth that speaks in Maat before you enter into the Duat.

Preparing Atum-Ra for bis Journey

Shu The two Maat-Goddesses tow this God in the Night boat Which sails on the road to the door of this area 120 miles, after that he travels further to the Urness which is 300 miles in length. The God appoints fields to the Gods in his company. Water surface of Ra is the name of this field 'who belongs to both flames' is the name of the guardian, he serves both the Sun and the Moon. This God starts to give directions And takes care for the ones who are in the Duat At this field and this doorway Where the God travels. Carrier 5 + 6 We offer the feathers of Maat. Open the door with the red and white feathers -gesture Place them at both sides of Atum-Ra That the sun may travel and make our journey through the Underworld in the spirit and under the protection of this great Goddess of Universal and Cosmic Law. Atum-Ra "I rise out of the egg in the hidden land. May my mouth be given to me, may I speak with it before the God, the great lord of the underworld. May my hand and arm be not repulsed by the divine chiefs of any God. For I am Osiris lord of Rosetau, ( ... magical name) triumphant. I have come at the wish of my heart from the Pool of double Fire, I have quenched it. Homage to thee, lord of Radiance, at the head of the Great House within night and darkness. I have come to thee, I am glorious, I am pure, my two hands are behind thee; thy portion is with thy ancestors. Give to me my mouth that I may speak with it. May I follow my heart at this season of fire and night". Carrier 6 I give you the Power of Life Gives the Ankh to the Sun God.

Carrier 1 I give you the Wand of Power and stability. Gives the Ramheaded staff! to the Sun God. All except Atum-Ra Atum-Ra enters into the evening Goddess of the West. We watch and we see the Sun sink at the Western horizon into the arms of Nuit.

Opening to the Second Level

Nuit I open my channel of development in the direction of my Inner Levels of the West The place where the Sun sinks into my arms Crosses the temple, walks to the north In the same tempo Shu walks to the south. I call upon the Sungod under his name of Atum Be welcome Old man who goes to his refreshment. Nuit to North, Shu to South I open the Inner Levels of the North The place where the Sun rests in the deepest area's of the Duat I call upon the Sungod under his name Osiris-Sokar Be welcome Tired Heart.

Nuit to East, Shu to West I open the Inner Levels of the East The place where the Sun rises as the newborn child I call upon the Sungod under his name of Khephri Be we1come Child of the Egg. Nuit to South, Shu to North I open the Inner Levels of the North The place where the Sun rests in the deepest area's of the Duat I call upon the Sungod under his name "of Osiris Be welcome Udjat Eye. Nuit to West, Shu to East Open are the Inner Levels of the West The place where I embrace the Sun I call upon the Sungod when he sleeps under the wings of his Mother the Golden Egg is protected by the Wings of Nekhebeth.

Khephri The boat of the sun has now passed into the mountains of the horizon, The Sun God comes to judge the inhabitants of the Duat He comes to know the condition of the Westerners, the blessed death, And he comes to provide for all the small cattle which he has created. Atum-Ra I have hidden you for the ones, who are on earth, Dressed up in the bandages, which you are in the desert! My shining Eye belongs to you, whom I have ordered to withdraw, After the entire existence hat been withdrawn. To you I have commanded light. All the Gods except Atum-Ra and Kephri o you, who have hidden us, come to us, Ra, from whom we have come into existence Hail to him, who is in the Solar Disk, The Greatest God with the many appearances. Carriers of essences come forward with offerings Your offerings are bread Your beer is Djeseret, Your refreshment is water Offered is the desert The desert who gives the offerings of what is in her Like one of these, who are in her.

The Gods who guard the Door Carrier 2 carries snake, presents him to Atum-Ra and Khephri At this first gate we great the door guardian; His name is 'who guards the desert. Open the door for Ra Open the door for the Akhs The Bidden Room is in darkness Until the apparition of this God has come into being. Then the door is closed After this God has entered Then the ones who are in the desert Lament when they hear this door close.

Jubilation by the Baboons Atum-Ra Gods of the Underworld Let me proceed, give me light and guidance. Baboons, baboons, open the doors. Shu Six monkeys await you at the door; when they hear you coming and see your light they jubilee, and they praise you Atum-Ra! Atum-Ra Inhabitants of the Duat Open your doors for me Open up the portals of your hearts Lighten up for me, you who have been made by me Guide me, you who are born from my body! Kephri For I have given you my magical name I have made you for my Ba I have created you for my magical power. Atum-Ra and Khephri That I make my limbs breathe, when they are raised. I destroy the one who works against this I breathe as Sefegiru of Osiris-khenti-amenti. Shu Now we see nine kneeling baboons. They are the Gods who make music for Ra when he enters into the Duat; they scream, they praise the one with the flame, they dance, they praise the one who is in the shrine, who leads his land. Atum-Ra Open your arms, baboons Open your doors, baboons My Goddesses, who are created from my Ba, And my Gods, who have been created from my magical name. You are created for Khephri who leads the Duat Khephri You stand at the Urness, you land at the secret bank You act on behalf of the Underworld At the door, that belongs to you at your place Fields belong to your landscape

All except Atum Ra Ra jubilees at the double doors of the earth Praise to you, who makes breathe the Akhs When you enter the Door of the kingdom of the Dead We open the doors as Bentiu baboons We open you as Hetjtiu baboons Atum-Ra Praised are the ones who praise you Lightened up are your Uraeus snakes in the darkness You are praised by your Gods Ra!

Entrance of the Planets and the Stars

Nuit I whisper, enter into my arms Atum-Ra I welcome the sungod and his company Lively the Majesty of this God goes down Light spreads and lightens in the darkness All except Atum-Ra clap in aloud ovation The doors of the heavens open in the west, The torches go out in the area of the damned ones. All except Atum-Ra clap in aloud ovation The towing rope of the Gods is given to the company. The Gods of the Duat clap their hands in an ovation All except Atum-Ra clap in aloud ovation

• Carriers when you are called, light a candle, • come to the west, • attach a stars to the black of the door • return to the west

See, the seven stars of the Duat rise; there goes Mercury carrier I lights a candle and places it be/are the door Venus, Hathor lights a candle and places it be/are the door the Moon, carrier 2 lights a candle and places it be/are the door Mars, carrier 4 lights a candle and places it before the door Jupiter, carrier 5 lights a candle and places it before the door Saturn, carrier 6 lights a candle and places it before the door They travel in the company of the Sungod.

All except Atum-Ra clap in aloud ovation Nuit And here come the Hour Goddesses, they travel to their places. They hurry to their places, the places where they work. The stars which set hurry to their places in the Duat. The place where they work is at the middle of the sky. Here come the Goddesses who lead the hours; call them by their names and bend your arm and make your shoulders narrow when they pass; Carriers one by one light a candle, cross the temple to the black door, company bows when they pass. Bell 1 x Hail to the forehead who conquers the enemies Bell 2x Hail to smart one who guards her lord Bell3x Hail to she who cuts the Ba's Bell4x Hail to great one who is in the Duat Bell5x Hail to she who is in the middle of her bark Bell 6x Hail to she of the arrival Bell 7x Hail to who defends against the ties of Seth Bell 8x Hail to she who radiates in the Middle of the night Bell 9x Hail to who guards her lord, Bell l0 x Hail to the angry one Bell 11 x Hail to the stellar one who sees the perfectness of her Lord Bell 12x Hail to Khepri when he rises from the egg!

The Hekau on the Wall All except Atum-Ra The Sungod in the Sektet boat floods the 1st division with light Atum-Ra I have entered into the Western doorway of the Horizon Seth stands at the shore. 120 miles is the journey to this door before the boat reaches the Underworlders I travel towards the Urness Sia 120 Miles have to be walked until we reach the door The hour into which this doorway leads,

Heka The name is "Which destroys the foreheads of the enemies of Ra" Nuit We are in the first hour of the night. See, the sacred text appears on the walls of this cave; This is the knowledge of the power of those in the Shadow World bell This is the knowledge of what they do and their sacred rituals to Ra bell This is the knowledge of the mysterious powers of what is in the hours and their Neteru. bell This is the knowledge of what Ra says to them, of their gates and the manner in which the Great one passes through them. bell This is the knowledge of the movement of the hours and their Neteru, bell Knowledge of the powerful ones and the annihilated ones. bell Anubis The scripture of the Bidden Room The place of the Ba's and of the Gods The treasures and Akhs, and what is done Horus

The beginning is the horn of the West The door of the western horizon Isis The end of the primordial darkness The door of the Western horizon Hathor To know the Ba's of the Underworld To know the secret Ba's To know the doors And the roads on which the Great God walks Sia To know what is done To know what is in the hours, and their Gods To know the sequence of the hours and their Gods Heka To know the explanations of Ra To know what he cries out to them To know the blessed and the destroyed ones

The Guard of the Fiery Uraei All except Atum-Ra Twelve serpents guard the Solar boat when it makes its entrance into the Duat; twelve fiery Uraei guard the Solar boat when it enters into the Shetit.

Sia Twelve uraeus snakes who spit fire. Their task is to lighten the darkness in the underworld; Lights candles around the boat flaming one, burning one, cobra, Heka Twelve uraeus snakes who spit fire. Their task is to lighten the darkness in the underworld; Lights candles around the boat the one with the painful flame, cutting one, radiating one, Shu Twelve uraeus snakes who spit fire. Their task is to lighten the darkness in the underworld; Lights candles around the boat who guards the countries, who beheads her enemies, the one with the perfect appearance, Nuit Twelve uraeus snakes who spit fire, Their task is to lighten the darkness in the underworld; Lights candles around the boat flaming one, merciful one, and one who remains unnamed. Three of these uraeus snakes are addressed by the God Atum-Ra Carries 4 raises a snake (flame) Atum Ra.To the first snake. O homed one, who is in his cave Who is the great Frightening one in the Duat Bend your arm and make your shoulders narrow Carrier bows Atum-Ra Look, I enter into the Perfect West, to take care of Osiris, To greet the ones who are in him I answer to the enemies of Osiris I command those in his company I lighten the Darkness in the Shetit. Carrier 5 brings the second snake (flame)

Atum-Ra To the second snake. O you with the awful face, who is in his cave Who brings the Underworlders to their destroyal Bend your arm and make your shoulders narrow Carrier bows Look, I enter into the Perfect West, to take care of Osiris, To greet the ones who are in him I answer to the enemies of Osiris I command those in his company I lighten the Darkness in the Shetit. Carrier 6 brings the third snake Atum-Ra To the third snake (flame) O you Sata-snake who encircles Rosetau On behalf of the Lord of the Duat Bend your arm and make your shoulders narrow Carrier bows Look, I enter into the Perfect West, to take care of Osiris, To greet the ones who are in him I answer to the enemies of Osiris I command those in his company I lighten the Darkness in the Shetit. To the other nine Uraeus snakes O you Paut of Uraei whose mouths breathe flames To destroy the enemies of Osiris Bend your arm and make your shoulders narrow. Carriers 4, 5, 6, bow Look, I enter into the Perfect West; to take care of Osiris, To greet the ones who are in him I answer to the enemies of Osiris I command those in his company I lighten the Darkness in the Shetit.

The Blessed Death Sia We greet the twelve gods from the mountains, They are the Gods of the Western desert, 'who are bom out of the Shining Eye of Ra, who have come out of his Eye. They are the Blessed Death. Heka Nine of the Gods kneel to praise Ra; Three of them are crocodiles ones who travels through the Duat, I see three jackal headed Gods, three human headed Gods, nine Gods with praising arms.

Anubis They came forth from Ra, from his gleaming eye, That came forth from his eye. He has appointed to them this Hidden land from him come the people and the Gods, the cattle and the worms and everything this great God has created. Horus This God cares for you, after he approached you in the earth, which he has created for his right eye. ' The Majesty of this God holds in When he is before this doorway Atum-Ra Gods who are in the Duat In the first cave of the concealed Guards of the door of the Nome of the kingdom of the dead, Paut of the western ruler I am Ra who is in heaven. I enter into the primordial darkness I open the doors of the heaven in the West. Look, I have entered the western land Receive me, stretch out your arms. See, I know your place in the Duat, See, I know your names, Your caves, your secrets! I know wherefrom you live Your throats breathe, when you hear the words of Osiris, After I have travelled through the Duat, When I have taken the road towards the west You are satisfied and your Ba' s are strong You are powerful in your caves Now you have heard my words And I have called you by your names. All except for Atum Ra The Gods of this Doorway say to Ra, when they praise this Greatest God Opened is the concealed, with secret appearances Opened are the bolds of the greatest city! Lightened is the twilight for you,

that you make breathe the cities of the destroyed, That you approach in your name 'Ra' The region of Osiris Khenti Amenti. Isis Now we meet twelve Goddesses; The Goddes who honour the earth. They

Are called Throat girl, lady of live, who praises by het Ba, who is High because of her Akh, who has power over het enemies, great hidden one, praising, Rentjejt, the one with the high arm, guarding mistress and dove.

Hathor And at the other shore stand Goddess without attributes. They are Goddesses who bring an ovation to Ra; Their names are "the one from the sacred place, Amenet (Goddess of the West)Isis, Nephtys, their both faces, Tefnut, she of the water surface, she with the well speaking mouth, the wishing one (or Goddess of the east) who sees her lord, praising one. Anubis You are guided by the Goddess of this hour Your two daughters tow your boat You live in the (places) on the fields of the earth You take away the night, and bring the day! Isis + Hathor You are the God who travels through the hours You sit down in the boat of Khephri After you have taken the sceptre Which is at the one of the parcel Merciful is Neith to you, that you may divide the waters from the fishes. and that 'the one who seals the Earth' raises his arm to greet you. All except Atum-Ra The Goddesses of the Urness worship you The praises of the crowd belong to you You triumph over your enemies, You punish the convicted ones

The Gods on the Boat of Milions of Years

Khephri You travel in strong company. On you boat are Anubis, Sia, Hathor who is the Mistress of the Barque, the Flesh of the Sungod, Horus who praises, Thoth the Bull of Maat, Nehes, Heka, Leader of the Barque. Osiris leader of the Duat, Sekhmet, (ram headed) the Great Enlightener, In the second boat which travels with us are Khephri, the twofold power

of Osiris,3 snakes, Neith with the white crown, Goddess of victory with the red crown, Nephtys, pole which divides the borders, Anubis You are welcomed by nine bull-headed Gods Atum-Ra Oh Paut of Gods, who are in the company of the Bull of the West (Osiris) Bend your arm and make your shoulders narrow Look, I enter into the Perfect West, to take care of Osiris, To greet the ones who are in him I answer to the enemies of Osiris I command those in his company I lighten the Darkness in the Shetit. Khephri I speak the Words of Power, and the Gods invite me to enter the place where Osiris Khenti-Amenti, the governor of the Hidden Land dwells. Carriers black arm The serpent Goddesses sing, they lighten the dark by pouring fire from their mouths.

Carriers white arm The God takes grain. The God speaks and the punishments which the adjudges to the condemned are carried out. The dead are left behind and they wail. shu We, the Gods and Goddesses are officers of this division. We escort Atum-Ra to the gate and then they return to our place to welcome him next night.

The Hekau of the Appearances. Sia Now we meet the magical names of the Gods with the warlike faces. Heka Ra has to travel through this Great God because he needs to learn the secrets of the Hekau, the magical names of the Appearances. Khephri speaks; circumambulates the temple and speaks to al! who are present O magical names of the Gods, with the warlike face With great possessions in the West Who have no Akhs, O magical names of the Gods with the warlike face

Who jubilee to me; Praised are you Hekau of the Appearances I look at you and I know your names, Because I am the Osirisfied Magician, The future initiate, who travels behind you as an appearance. O magical names of the Gods of the warlike face Who have fire in their eyes And flames in their magical names, when you clothe the Ba's in flames! When these Ba's have passed both sides of the river of this cave You are clothed in darkness But the Guide will be lightened after the God has passed. My Ba stays on this hill, And I will my Two Secret God eyes (the sun and the moon). Atum-Ra Made are these images like this example In the concealed places of the Duat Who performs these images. Is like the great God himself Beneficial is it for the one on earth, when he tries Very beneficial is it for the one in the Duat Like the secret that is written down o Gods, you Gods Who are in the Secrets and who are in the Duat. See, I have entered into the West. I have passed the first cave I have spoken to the ones who are in it. What I have told them they have done With what I have ordained they are satisfied. They have bended their Arm And made their shoulders narrow. See, I pass you by, And you do the same.

Portal of the Second Hour Shu Now that the Sun God has taken his hidden appearance he is ready to enter through the portal towards the second hour.

Atum-Ra Your portal is a strong defence Strong are the bolds of your door, closed are your bolds Who come to me with my pulling forward. Who come to me with my going there. Stay at your places, At your banks! I now stand at the door of the portal of the 'Lady of Trembling' Closing the second level Nuit I close the Inner Levels of the West And I reverse the seal The place where the Sun sinks in the arms of the Mother is closed. I close the Inner Levels of the South And I reverse the seal The place where the Sun burns under the name of Ra is closed. I close the Inner levels of the East And I reverse the seal The place where the Sun rises under the protection of his Mother Is now closed

I close the Inner Levels of the North And I reverse the seal The place where the Sun rests is now closed. I look towards the Inner levels of the East The place where the Sun rises under his name of Khephri lies far away on the horizon of the Dawn we have entered into the night The Second Level is closed. All officers Close with the Duatstar.

Sia I close the Double Doors of the Horizon of the North, and I thank the Ancient Ones of the Temples of Khem. I thank the God of Wisdom for " letting me understand the ancient knowledge. Heka I close the Double Doors of the Horizon of the South, and I thank the Ancient Ones of the Temples of Khem. I thank the God of the Hekau for his Words of Power.

Nuit I close the Double Doors of the Horizon of the West, and I thank the Ancient Ones of the Temples of Khem. I thank Nuit for her sweet touch- and embrace when we enter into her realm.

Shu I close the Double Doors of the Horizon of the East, and I thank the Ancient Ones of the Temples of Khem. I thank Shu for blowing the Boat of Millions of Years upstream in the direction of the West. Procession out Taking back the power lines